Victory Helios Ale

Brewed by Victory Brewing Company
Style: Saison
Downingtown, Pennsylvania USA

draft at brewpub. poured clear golden in color with a whispy white head that left nice lacing on the glass. aroma of lemon citrus, wet grain, slight funk. tastes of lemon, earthy hops, almost a metallic hop bitterness. i enjoyed more from the bottle.

Pours hazy orange/yellow. Smells fruity and cirtrus, flowers and grass. Nice and refreshing with hints of some sourness and pepper.

Pours pale golden with slight haze, topped with a modest white head of large bubbles. Head recedes to a thin rim that doesn’t leave much lace. Nose is bready with yeasty/estery notes, as well as some sour fruit. Palate has some rather wheat beer or tripel like qualities - some banana, wheat malt sweetness, but then a sour component mixes in to remind you it is a saison. Very drinkable, and it doesn’t smack you in the face with offensive brett/horseblanket/barnyard/feces aromas or flavors.

Bottle from Keg Liquor. Poured a clear yellow color with a large frothy white head that lasted with good lacing. Moderate spice, citrus and yeast aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Medium sour & sweet flavor with a medium sweet & sour finish of moderate duration. I drank the whole bottle and would recommend this to a friend.

22oz bomber. Pours deep gold with an immense, rock, long-lasting white foam that levaes thick stripes and chunks of lace on the glass. The aroma is awesome, classic farmhouse ale - grassy, subtle honey sweetness, light earthiness, and hints of licorice and spices/phenols. The flavor is very grassy with lots of hops and a soft acidic bite. There is a light graininess and even lighter malt sweetness on top of a thin-crispy-cracker malt breadiness. The midpalate has growing esters and phenols with a grainy and fairly hop-forward grassy bitterness. The finish is very dry with soft cidery flavors, grassy hops, and notes of licorice and black pepper. The mouthfeel is crisp and sharply carbonated and has a fuller than expected medium-full body with creamy, tingly bubbles. Overall - a very authentic farmhouse ale - very tasty, very nice.

Large bottle. Pretty good example of a belgian ale. Pours golden with plenty of carbonation and a large fluffy head that leaves a lacing on the glass. Crisp and dry with hints of clove and pear.

Pours from the 22oz. bottle a golden yellow color with a large pillowy head that settles into a light lacing. The carbonation is light but active. The aroma is of hay, grass, & lemon. 1st sip is crisp & dry, with notes of bitter citrus peel (orange & lemon) that intensify on the swallow. Mouthfeel is bubbly, tingly, light & crisp. Drinkability is superb, I could easily down one after another on a July day. Overall, a very refreshing beer that would go very well at a cookout or on a hot summer day. Quite a pleasant beer! Victory does it again!!!

Bottle. Moderate malt aroma of hay, gras and lemon for the hops, barnyard, dough and sweat for the yeast, with sulfur, clove and green apple in the background. Head is large, fizzy, white, with fair lacing and is mostly lasting. Color is sparkling clear golden yellow on the first pour and is fairly hazy on the last. flavor starts faintly sweet and moderately to heavily acidic, then finishes moderately acidic and bitter. Palate is on the lighter side of medium, oily and has a fizzy carbonation and a lightly astringent finish. Fruity without being too sweet, but a few off aromas drove it down a bit.